Last day of a 4 day and stuck in ORD...

bike21

9-5 Ruins Lives
Gotta love bad weather on the last day of a trip! Got back from CRW this morning, had our first rt cancelled now waiting to get to DSM then DEN!


KORD 031316Z 36010KT 4SM -TSRA BR FEW015 BKN044CB OVC080 08/06 A2983 RMK AO2 WSHFT 1247 RAB01GSB04E07 OCNL LTGICCG NE-S TS NE-S MOV E P0010

KORD 031308Z 36008G22KT 2SM R14R/4500VP6000FT TSRA BR FEW015 BKN040CB OVC080 08/06 A2983 RMK AO2 WSHFT 1247 RAB01GSB04E07 FRQ LTGICCG N-OHD TS N-OHD MOV E P0008

KORD 031304Z 35009G22KT 2SM R14R/4500VP6000FT TSGSRA BKN044CB BKN080 OVC250 08/06 A2984 RMK AO2 WSHFT 1247 RAB01GSB04 FRQ LTGICCG N-OHD TS N-OHD MOV E P0001

KORD 031251Z 34013KT 8SM VCTS SCT050CB BKN090 BKN150 OVC250 09/05 A2978 RMK AO2 TSB51 SLP086 OCNL LTGIC VC W-NW TS VC W-NW MOV E T00940050

Ahh good times :)
 
Sorry dude. Its nice and sunny here in Arizona!

KPHX 031451Z 09006KT 10SM FEW210 SCT250 19/00 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP148 T01940000 53018

KPHX 031120Z 031212 09010KT P6SM BKN250
FM1600 VRB05KT P6SM SCT200
FM2200 26008KT P6SM SCT200
FM0400 VRB04KT P6SM SCT250


Sorry... I had to.
 
Sorry dude. Its nice and sunny here in Arizona!

KPHX 031451Z 09006KT 10SM FEW210 SCT250 19/00 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP148 T01940000 53018

KPHX 031120Z 031212 09010KT P6SM BKN250
FM1600 VRB05KT P6SM SCT200
FM2200 26008KT P6SM SCT200
FM0400 VRB04KT P6SM SCT250


Sorry... I had to.

Ahhhh...but this could happen to you a few times a year!
 
It's not too bad in DSM, overcast but no big deal.

Nice, just need to wait until departure time and see how it is!

Sorry dude. Its nice and sunny here in Arizona!

KPHX 031451Z 09006KT 10SM FEW210 SCT250 19/00 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP148 T01940000 53018

KPHX 031120Z 031212 09010KT P6SM BKN250
FM1600 VRB05KT P6SM SCT200
FM2200 26008KT P6SM SCT200
FM0400 VRB04KT P6SM SCT250


Sorry... I had to.

LOL! It is nice at home too, wish I was there riding my bike!
 
Update!

We are now looking at very real possiblity of timing out once we make it to DSM. At the moment we are not scheduled to leave ORD until 17:10 local. Original departure time was 12:25 local. According to the coordinators, they are working on getting us a different plane so we can leave earlier.

I really hope we don't get stuck in DSM tonight. Just wanna get home! If they don't get us a new plane, which currently stuck in XNA for flow, then we might just cancel the DSM flight and ferry it home.

Ugggh. :)
 
You don't want to stay the night in DSM. It's supposed to be cold and windy for the rest of the day.
 
Update!

We are now looking at very real possiblity of timing out once we make it to DSM. At the moment we are not scheduled to leave ORD until 17:10 local. Original departure time was 12:25 local. According to the coordinators, they are working on getting us a different plane so we can leave earlier.

I really hope we don't get stuck in DSM tonight. Just wanna get home! If they don't get us a new plane, which currently stuck in XNA for flow, then we might just cancel the DSM flight and ferry it home.

Ugggh. :)

Aren't you ORD or DEN based? If you're ORD based but live in Boulder CO. Then it's your responsibility, not the companies to get home correct?
 
Aren't you ORD or DEN based? If you're ORD based but live in Boulder CO. Then it's your responsibility, not the companies to get home correct?

I'm going to guess, since he's flying ORD-DSM-DEN on the last day of a 4-day, that he's based in DEN. :D (We fly trips out of multiple hubs, not just our bases--DEN crews often fly out of ORD often, and TUS crews fly out of everywhere)

Seriously, timing out on the last day of a trip is teh suck big time. I have a feeling I'm not going to like the ORD trips I've got at the end of the month. Good luck getting home!
 
I'm going to guess, since he's flying ORD-DSM-DEN on the last day of a 4-day, that he's based in DEN. :D (We fly trips out of multiple hubs, not just our bases--DEN crews often fly out of ORD often, and TUS crews fly out of everywhere)

Seriously, timing out on the last day of a trip is teh suck big time. I have a feeling I'm not going to like the ORD trips I've got at the end of the month. Good luck getting home!

Okay, got ya!
 
I got out OK this morning...

The 9:25 Comair was inbound from JFK and had to divert to IND for more gas...(of course! Who knew that there would be TRW's in ORD this morning :sarcasm:)

So I ran down to terminal 2 to look at JetBlue, but their plane wasn't in either...

So I ran down to terminal 3 and there was a nice shiny UAL A319 sitting at gate B-3 waiting to go... even got to sit in first!

Kevin
 
Update!

We are now looking at very real possiblity of timing out once we make it to DSM. At the moment we are not scheduled to leave ORD until 17:10 local. Original departure time was 12:25 local. According to the coordinators, they are working on getting us a different plane so we can leave earlier.

I really hope we don't get stuck in DSM tonight. Just wanna get home! If they don't get us a new plane, which currently stuck in XNA for flow, then we might just cancel the DSM flight and ferry it home.

Ugggh. :)


At least you're getting paid!

Oh...wait...you're not...:whatever:
 
DSM:
KDSM 031754Z 30024G38KT 10SM OVC016 07/02 A2993 RMK AO2 PK WND

getting worse too
 
What??? It's right down the runway!!! That's a normal day at the office! And you could do a visual...beautiful day!
 
At least you're getting paid!

Not if you fly for MAG.

Oh, and if you actually do get to go ... and you're a MAG pilot ... you only get paid the segment time, so you'd better hope you don't have to hold or sit in the penalty box.
 
Just curious.. did your crew make the decision to cancel the flight, or is that a function of dispatch or part of your operating manual (no TS in the metars etc)? The hail is obviously a bad thing, but without looking at the rest of the wx info (radar etc) it just looks a little breezy and lots of flashing lights.
 
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